Combining the insights of a seasoned practitioner with the academic rigor of a meticulous policy and risk analyst, del Castillo discusses the major obstacles to peacebuilding that need to be removed before war-torn countries can move towards peace, stability, and prosperity. As a new UN…

How Exception Became the Norm

This book analyses the changing dynamics of sovereignty resulting from contemporary international state-building interventions.
It aims to highlight how the exercise of ‘exceptional’ forms of power by intervening agencies impacts on the sovereign capacity of intervened states. Drawing…

Facing Fragilities

An estimated 2 billion people live in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence. Extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in these areas, and governments and international agencies seek avenues to enable socio-economic recovery and to support people as they try to rebuild their…

The Case of Timor-Leste

A growing number of governments have made commitments to achieving gender equality and women's rights, with many using gender responsive budgeting (GRB) to allocate resources for the delivery of economic policy and governance that equally benefits men and women. At a time when GRB is…

This book analyses state-sponsored torture and peacebuilding in Indonesia. It focuses on the case study of Papua, which provides a thought-provoking example of the intricacy and complexity of building peace amidst enduring conflict and violence. The author examines complex power relations that have…

How and Why the Basque Armed Group Abandoned Violence

This book explains how and why the Basque separatist armed group ETA decided to end its armed campaign against the Spanish state.
The ETA’s armed campaign for Basque independence lasted fifty years and led to more than 800 casualties. This book analyzes the factors that led to ETA ending its…

The gendered dynamics of contemporary armed conflict

This book advances the claims of feminist international relations scholars that the social construction of masculinities is key to resolving the scourges of militarism, sexual violence and international insecurity. More than two decades of feminist research has charted the dynamic relationship…

A Comparative Study

This book analyses and compares ceasefire agreements as part of peace processes in intrastate armed conflicts.
Research repeatedly underscores the importance of ceasefire agreements in peace processes but suggests that they can influence such processes in fundamentally different ways. However,…

This book examines Syrian displacement since the start of the 2011 conflict. It considers how neighboring refugee-hosting states – namely Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon – have responded to Syrian refugees, as well as how the international humanitarian community has assisted and protected refugees and…

Diaspora Communities and Conflict

This book is an interdisciplinary examination of several interconnecting aspects of migrant communities in the context of contemporary conflict and security.
The book illustrates that within this globalised world, migrants have become key actors, living in the spaces between states, as well as…

Documents on British Policy Overseas. Series III, Volume IX

This volume examines diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and South Africa during one of the most turbulent periods of the apartheid era.
The crisis of apartheid that began in 1984 provoked international outrage on an unprecedented scale. This volume documents the attempt by the British…

The Morphogenesis of the Irish Republican Movement

By drawing on social movement theories, this book explains how terrorist movements decline, using the case of Irish Republicanism.
The continuity of terrorism and political violence from generation to generation demonstrates the need to go beyond a focus on groups or individuals in order to…